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...Worked fine," said the Ford executive. "More than doubled the load factor...
...took a dirty piece of paper from the wide, ragged sleeve of his shinel, and scowled at it. After a few steps he stuffed the paper back carefully, stared for a moment at the bent backs of the prisoners, then searched the strained faces of a new load of commuters just leaving the station...
Almost equally prominent as a causative factor is the shortage of young men, who normally carry the chief load. Probably hardest hit by this problem is the economics department, currently holding tutorial under a two year suspension, which will force reconsideration next year...
...desirability for honors. Because of the present hair-splitting standards of the graduate schools, any chemistry major who plans on advanced work must aim at least for a cum laude, and to qualify for his Latin suffix must straddle himself with two extra half-courses. But this additional load is not supplemented with any tutorial assistance and the student must assimilate this extra helping by himself, without the benefit of well-versed personal guidance. Despite the claim that lab sections are the nearest thing possible to group tutorial, few of the section men become well-acquainted with their students...
This mountainous load of work resulted in 17 bills being sent up Pennsylvania Avenue for the President's signature. Only two are of even passing importance--one an exemption from taxation of Mr. Rockefeller's gift to the United Nations, the other an extension of the war-time rate of certain excise taxes. The rest concern such vital issues as annual rates of pay for Senate clerical staffs, the Philadelphia National Shrines Park Commission, installation of a storm drain under certain lands in Los Angeles, and payments to Switzerland for the sinking of the Awa Maru...